Ghosting

Last updated February 04, 2026

Ghosting may refer to:

Common uses

Ghosting (identity theft), a form of identity theft, whereby a person takes on the identity of a deceased person
Ghosting (incarceration), repeatedly moving a prisoner through different institutions to avoid scrutiny, or because the prisoner has become unmanageable
Ghosting (behavior), ending all communication and contact with another person without any apparent warning or justification
Ghosting (television), a double image when receiving a distorted or multipath input signal in analog television broadcasting
Ghosting (medical imaging), a visual artifact that occurs in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans
Ghosting, an offset printing defect produced in one of two ways, in which faint replicas of printed images appear in undesirable places
Comment ghosting, a form of stealth banning on internet forums
Key ghosting, a phenomenon where multiple simultaneous key presses on a computer keyboard can result in incorrectly registered keystrokes
Lens flare, an optical effect caused by internal reflections
Multiple appearances of the same object in high dynamic range imaging, where multiple images are merged into one.